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Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Urdu
Description
Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful feudals in Nusrat's village, Fatima travels there to investigate.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Urdu
Description
In this beautifully filmed, inspirational documentary, a high-spirited runaway boy in Pakistan tries to find his way back home from the orphanage in which he lives, aided by a sympathetic ambulance driver who was once a street kid himself. Winner of the Filmmaker-to-Filmmaker Award from the **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Vigilance in Filmmaking at the **Nashville Film Festival**. Nominated...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Urdu
Description
Pakistan routinely is ranked among the most dangerous countries for women. Much of the nation is extremely conservative, with women often subjected to violence at the hands of men. Repercussions are minimal, and more than half of Pakistani women who experience violence say nothing out of shame and fear. FREEDOM FIGHTERS follows three brave women who are speaking out against inequality and pushing for equal rights in their country. Winner of Best Short...
5) Dukhtar
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Urdu
Description
In the mountains of Pakistan, a young mother's life takes an unexpected turn. Allah Rakhi kidnaps her ten-year-old daughter Zainab to save her from a child marriage to a tribal leader. Their escape is a damning loss of honor for the two families so a deadly hunt for them begins. Desperate for help, Allah Rakhi strikes an unlikely deal with Sohail, a cynical ex-Mujahid truck driver to take them to the city of Lahore. What follows is an epic journey...
6) Joyland
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Urdu
Description
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque, and he quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Urdu
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, her two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with family in a small town in Pakistan. There, in an unfamiliar country surrounded by people she...
8) Harud
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Urdu
Description
Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms with the loss of his older brother Tauqir, who is one of the thousands of young men who have disappeared since the onset of the military insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into Pakistan to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an aimless existence. Until one day, he accidentally finds his brother's old camera, which promises to reveal secrets of Tauqir's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penton Overseas, Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
TravelTalk presents a simplified language survival system for travelers. Includes audio in both English & target language to help ensure that travelers will arrive and survive ...and enjoy communicating with native speakers.
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